Pirates of the Navy Thunder God

Chapter 285: Warring States Heartache (13)

Naval Headquarters, Marshal's Office.

The old man, who is over seventy years old but still majestic and dignified, wears a pair of frog-shaped glasses that somewhat ruin his image. A seagull stands on his head, combing its feathers with its beak from time to time, indicating that it is not a doll.

"Oh? Are we going to do it so soon? He's only had a few days' rest?"

Zhan Guo picked up the application in surprise, and suddenly laughed at himself: "That's right, after all, it's that Ron..."

Ron has been very patient in not bringing up the idea of ​​fighting until now.

Then he laid out the application, paused for a second, and asked, "What do you think?"

In front of him was Momotosagi, the Navy's strongest swordsman and one of the Marine Headquarters' admiral candidates.

Just as she said before, Ron's challenge to her and Chatun must be approved by Zhan Guo. Not to mention that at their level, the destructive power is so strong that they need to find another venue, the important thing is the meaning!

To challenge them is to challenge the status of a candidate for general!
Like the generals, there are three seats for the general candidates. The three of them compete with each other for the first, second and third places, ready to take over the position of general at any time.

To put it bluntly, the candidates for generals are coffins built in advance while the generals are still alive.

If a general encounters misfortune or retires due to injury, the first alternate will be directly promoted to general and take over all his duties.

They are the real ace reserve of the Navy!
If it is a critical period of war, even this procedure does not need to be followed. The admiral candidate has the same authority as the admiral and can lead the entire navy to fight a do-or-die battle!
Of course, for hundreds of years, the navy had never been pushed into such a desperate situation.

The candidate issue is of great significance. Zhan Guo asked himself, does he believe in Ron?
He felt that he was trustworthy.

As a marine, Ron was perfectly qualified.

But Ron...

"Is the Marshal worried... that Ron will be the next Dorag?"

Momotoshi spoke in a cold voice. She did not answer the question. Instead, for the first time ever, she discussed with Sengoku the name that was considered the greatest shame by the navy.

Dragon defected after becoming a candidate for admiral. Before that, he was a shining star in the navy, just like Ron is now.

Zhan Guo was stunned, and sighed after a long time.

"Yes, after all, they are so similar..."

The same outstanding talent, the same self-confidence and pride, the same fearlessness.

The two of them had too many similarities... so similar that sometimes when Zhan Guo was holding Ron's information, he would mistake the person in the photo for Dragon.

"Twelve years ago, Drago defected as a candidate for the admiral of the navy. In the ten years since then, the recruitment of new blood into the navy has almost stagnated. This is a nightmare we will never be able to get rid of."

The man who was originally being groomed as a great general and whom Taotu regarded as her lifelong challenge goal, suddenly defected that afternoon.

His departure seemed to have turned on a switch and cast a curse, so that the Navy could not find a second rookie to replace the position of admiral in the past ten years.

A full ten years!

In that era when the navy was in a period of transition, the Warring States period had to try every possible means to maintain the balance of the sea. Even if the navy was clearly suffering losses, it had to make concessions again and again to maintain stability.

This is also the reason why Sengoku supported Aokiji to take the throne instead of Akainu in the original work.

Because the navy at that time couldn't afford to lose!

Can't bear any more losses!
It is easy to imagine what will happen to the navy under Akainu's leadership. Sengoku has no doubt that he is a loyal and reliable soldier, but the navy no longer has the financial resources to lose.

Later, Akainu defeated Aokiji, and Aokiji's departure made the situation of the navy even worse.

If it weren't for the appearance of "World Recruiting" Fujitora and Green Bull, the overall combat power of the Navy would plummet from the current 10 to 8 or even lower!

The title of the strongest force in the Grand Line will become completely empty talk, and the Great Pirate Era will only intensify.

Taotu grew up rapidly during that period of transition, and now she is one of the candidates for general, but that man will never come back.

Secretly clenching his fists, Taotu took a deep breath and said solemnly: "I believe that Ron is different from Dorag."

"Oh? Tell me what you think..."

Zhan Guo looked at her in surprise, then suddenly became interested and motioned for Taotu to continue.

After the incident with Dorag, this strong woman who forced Chatun to admit defeat five years ago and became a candidate for the general seldom makes comments to outsiders.

“Because their ideals are different!”

Taotu looked determined, and the phantom of Dragon seemed to appear in front of him. Roan and Dragon were indeed similar, and they even played an important role in the war with the Four Emperors.

But there is a world of difference between them.

"Dragon pursues justice, and Ron pursues strength!" "Dragon's justice was not explained in the Navy, so he defected, and the power that Ron wanted can be given by the Navy..."

At this moment, a voice suddenly interrupted.

"That's right!"

"Ron is not pursuing or craving for power from the perspective of an inferior, nor is he using the navy as a springboard. What he longs for is a powerful entity, no matter where it comes from!"

"He is the embodiment of power!"

"Dragu is the executor of justice in his own heart, while Ron only punches for a stronger force!"

The person who came was Zefa. When he knew that Ron was going to challenge Taotu and Chatun tomorrow, he hurried to the Marshal's office and heard Taotu's comments at the door.

Several guards looked at Zhan Guo anxiously, feeling sorry for not being able to stop Zefa. Zhan Guo shook his hand and motioned them to leave.

Boom!
The door is closed.

Zefa looked at Zhan Guo with deep eyes, feeling a bit heavy and heartbroken, and sighed.

"It's time to let it go, Sengoku!"

"How many years do we old guys have left to live? I've let it go, Garp has let it go, but you're the only one who can't let it go."

"Humph! That's because your good apprentice avenged you! The Garp family is just desperate! What about me? What do I have?!"

Hearing this, the corners of Zhan Guo's mouth twitched, and he suddenly snorted in annoyance and rolled his eyes with disdain.

There is indeed no evidence that Ron ordered Fujitora to kill Edward Weeble, but that doesn't mean that Sengoku believes that Ron did not order Fujitora to kill Ershazi.

"Hey, you old man! Is this never going to end?!"

Zefa's face darkened instantly and he slammed the table, making a loud "bang bang" sound.

"Do you have any evidence? If you don't have any, you are just making it up! You are plotting against your own soldiers behind their backs. How dare you be a marshal? Ugh!"

"Asshole! You wanna fight, Zefa?!"

"Come if you want, why should I be afraid of you?!"

The two old men, who were almost 150 years old in total, soon went from arguing to a fist fight. The situation changed so suddenly that Taotu blinked in confusion.

Suddenly, she found that the application form had fallen to the ground.

I picked it up and looked at it, then laughed.

On the last page, the ink of Zhan Guo's signature was still wet, and the handwriting was vigorous and powerful.

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"The Calm Belt, the Sakarat Islands... the bare, grassless place?"

In Zefa's office, Ron held the nautical chart curiously, looking confused.

Although the iron triangle formed by Marinford, Impel Down and Judicial Island can quickly lead to the Calm Belt, isn't your utilization rate too high?

The last time he went to Hell Island, he passed many islands along the way, but it was only a three-hour flight from Impel Down, and Ron was impressed by the deserted archipelago.

A cluster of more than a dozen turtle-like sea kings are lying on the archipelago. The head of each of them is as big as a war beast. It is hard not to be impressed.

Ron deeply suspected that the reason why there was no grass growing on the Sakarat Islands was probably because it was compacted by these turtles basking in the sun!
"Yes, that's it... There's no ghost there anyway, you can let go... Hiss, be gentle, Ain, it hurts!"

On the wide chair, Zefa was leaning back in the recliner, while Ain was holding a medicine box and applying medicine to him.

Ron glanced at Zefa, whose face was bruised and swollen, and laughed.

"You're crying out in pain over such a minor injury. You're really getting younger and younger as you get older!!"

There is murderous intent!
Ron quickly corrected himself.

"Humph! You little bastard!"

Zefa snorted coldly, paused for a moment, and said, "Do whatever you want to do! Ron! If that bastard Zhan Guo keeps whining, I'll beat him up next time!"

"Are you sure you're not getting beaten?"

Ain rolled her eyes at him and wrapped the bandage tightly.

During this process, Zefa grimaced in pain but didn't dare to speak.

It's so cold!!! It's only 3°C in Mianyang today!!! I'll post two chapters first, Dashu will go make a bowl of mutton soup to warm up. I will never turn on the stove, it's like the air conditioner, once you turn it on you can't stop using it!
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